[TheForge] OT- welding aluminum

[terry l. ridder]

hello;

comments below;

On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, Andy Gladish wrote:

>
> Yesterday I was MIG-ing some 1/8 Al (yeah, yeah, asking-make that Begging
> for trouble) and suddenly went from beautiful welds to blobs with very
> little penetration...just crusty blobby cruddy stuff that looked like it was
> squirted on from a can of Molten Aluminum Silly String.
> Tried all kinds of changes in the settings but couldn't get it to
> flow...ideas? Suggestions? Other than, get proper equipment...
> I did wire brush (dedicated SS brush) the surfaces, and it was all new
> stock.
>

andy, when i had this happen after i checked everything it came down to
the shield gas bottle had run out. replaced the gas bottle the next day
and it was back to normal.

> Thanks for any input,
> Andy Gladish
> Guemes Island, WA
>

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terry l. ridder ><>